§2068. Invasion of principal; provisions of trust instrument
A. The trust instrument may direct or permit a trustee to pay principal to an income beneficiary for support, maintenance, education, or medical expenses, or, pursuant to an objective standard, for any other purpose. The trust instrument may direct the trustee to pay all or part of the principal to an income beneficiary upon the request of the beneficiary. The trust instrument may direct the trustee to pay a stipulated amount or percentage to an income beneficiary under any trust, including a unitrust or annuity trust as defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code, even if the payments exceed income. The trust instrument may provide the manner in which and the share of the trust to which the payment shall be charged; if it does not, all payments of principal made for the benefit of an income beneficiary shall be charged against such beneficiary's share in the trust as principal beneficiary, or, if there is no such share, proportionately against the shares of all principal beneficiaries. Except as provided in R.S. 9:1841 through 1847, treating the legitime in trust, a payment under this Subsection A may be made even though the payment impairs the interest of another beneficiary.
B. If the same person is beneficiary of both income and principal, the trust instrument may direct or permit the trustee in the trustee's complete discretion to invade principal held for that beneficiary.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 133, §1; Acts 1972, No. 661, §1; Acts 1974, No. 158, §1; Acts 1989, No. 113, §1; Acts 1995, No. 220, §1; Acts 2003, No. 480, §1.
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